Hi Sharonda, Thanks for taking the time to respond. I should say that my land is pretty well inclosed and fenced. lupin is 5 and a half months old and has been with us for 6 weeks and does know when he is being called, but with all those distractions, twigs/stones and pussy-cats, he is often forgetful. I have always had dogs, mainly, guide dogs, who were, de facto, trained before they came to me, so this is a new departure for me, though, I am no new dog handler. I do find, and this is true of working with a trained dog as well, that knowing the direction of the dog helps, immensely, when recalling one's dog. Thus, I am looking for an app and I do seem to remember that such a one exists.
By the way, I do already have a retractable leash, but have found it problematical as Lupin is great at Macrame! He can knit his way around the trees etc and we then have a great time untangling him! Thanks again from me and from him! Sent from my iPhone > On 3 Jul 2015, at 10:06, Sharonda Greenlaw <sbgreen...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Sandra, I don't have an app idea, but I would humbly like to make a few > suggestions. I would suggest that you not have your new pup off-leash when > you go outside until he has learned the recall command. Really, not at all in > an open area is it good to let your pup run free unless (1) He is cirm on the > recall command, or (2) Someone able to see him is with you. You could get a > Flexi-leash or one of those clothesline type chords designed as a leash. I > have raisow my own dog and this is what I did until she learned that command. > Please consider what I'm saying. Hopefully this will work for you! > Thanks! > > Sharonda > Sent from my mobile device; please excuse any mistakes > >> On Jul 3, 2015, at 1:41 AM, 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone >> <viphone@googlegroups.com> wrote: >> >> Hallo to the Viphone Community, >> >> Seeing as many of us will have Guide dogs, I was wondering if anyone has >> found a good app which will allow them to find their dog in open spaces? I >> have a new, non professional, puppy. We also have a largish plot of land, >> about an acre, with lots of bushes and trees etc. I have put a little bell >> on his collar, but often don't know where he has gone. He is still very >> young and so doesn't know to come to me when called. I have been looking at >> various apps that work alonside a device, to help find him, but most of them >> are geared to GPS and a map for location. I am looking for something that >> will allow me to point my phone in a sort of scanning mode to help me locate >> him by, say, buzzing, when I am pointing in the right direction and, >> perhaps, indicating the distance? Is anyone using such an app and, if so, >> what is it and what Bluetooth/GPS device are you using? >> >> Thanks in advance from me and puppy Lupin! >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. >> All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any >> questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a >> member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators >> directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list >> can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any > questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a > member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators > directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list > can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.